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  • AEDC personnel reflect on Complex’s support of GPS

    The Global Positioning System (GPS) achieved full-operational capability July 17, 1995, and as the U.S. Air Force celebrated this anniversary, AEDC engineers also reflected on the Complex's role in the testing and development of the system.The final acceptance and qualification tests for the Navstar

  • Dr. Malloy is 2015 AFMC Senior Civilian Scientist/Engineer Award winner

     AEDC Lead Aerodynamics Analysis Engineer Dr. Donald Malloy was selected as the recipient of the 2015 Senior Civilian Scientist/Engineer Award, one of the awards presented as part of the Air Force Material Command (AFMC) Science, Engineering and Technical Management (SE&TM) Awards.Malloy was

  • Fitness program tests AEDC military personnel physically, mentally

    AEDC military personnel recently participated in the Air Force Team Cohesion Challenge at Arnold Air Force Base and received a glimpse of what goes into special operations training.According to a release by Air Force Personnel Center Public Affairs, the Team Cohesion Challenge is designed to teach

  • AEDC engineers continue to explore grid generation software

    A major component of the testing environment at AEDC is the ability to perform computational fluid dynamics, or CFD, for a wide variety of flight conditions and physical environments.James Masters, an AEDC engineer, explained that when using CFD, analysts must first properly define the region of

  • Tunnel 9 receives a much needed refresh

    After three busy years of testing, which includes the longest running test since becoming a U.S. Air Force operated facility, AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9, at the remote operating location in White Oak, Md., is going through a seven-month major maintenance event. Dan Marren, site director of

  • Major savings occur as part of AEDC wind tunnel improvement program

    Replacing the test article control system (TACS) and Data Acquisition System (DAS) feedthrough assemblies used at the 16-foot transonic (16T) wind tunnel is saving AEDC more than $1 million this year.This effort is part of the Improved Transonic Test Capability (IMTTC) program, meant to improve

  • Rolls-Royce continues testing latest Trent engine at AEDC

    The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-TEN (Thrust, Efficiency and New Technology) engine was recently tested for performance, operability and icing certification at the Aeropropulsion Systems Test Facility (ASTF) C-2 engine test cell at AEDC.Prior to the end of the test program, Jit Sahota, Rolls-Royce engine

  • 2,500 solid rocket motors tested at AEDC

    With the recent Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) test at the J-6 Large Rocket Motor Test Facility, the 2,500th solid rocket motor has been tested at AEDC.Joe Migliaccio, Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA) Lead Rocket Propulsion Test Operations, stated this achievement is worth